Robyn Dickson comes from Celtic settler-colonial ancestry, currently living on the traditional, unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən People, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees First Nations (Esquimalt, BC). Robyn is a Director and Teacher at IFSCA and a Registered Psychotherapist with a Masters in Spirituality and Counselling. Her work integrates psychological and spiritual approaches to support inner healing and self-leadership. Robyn offers therapy, consultation, and teaching in IFS, with a grounded, compassionate, and community-oriented approach.

Marnie is a descendent of European settler colonialists of Celtic, Germanic and Nordic ancestral lineages, currently living in traditional, unceded territory of the Quwu’tsun and Málexeł First Nations (Cobble Hill, BC). She has worked in spiritual care and counselling with healthcare and community-based organizations for over 20 years, and also has an independent practice where she further integrates energy healing modalities. As a member of the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care she is leading research to develop a specialization (scope, competencies and ethics) in the intersection between spiritual care, psychospiritual therapy and entheogenic/psychedelic medicine practice.

Jimena Chalchi is an Indigenous Healing Practitioner, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist, and holds an MA in Global Leadership. Chalchi is the mother of one daughter and one young man. Her mother’s ancestors come from Jovel, in the Mayab, and her father’s ancestors come from Fresnéu, in Izpania. Born in Tacuba, Mexico, she has lived as a nomad for the past 25 years, following paths of learning, service, and cultural exchange. She now lives in Vancouver, Canada.

For more than 25 years, she has dedicated her life to the study of Indigenous Health and Sciences, and more recently to exploring the deep relationship between Mental Health and Planetary Health. Her research journey began in Mexico in 2004 and later expanded through the traditional medicine practices of Central America (2009) and South America (2009–2020). In 2021, she moved to Canada, where she began collaborating with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, supporting community-led research, healing, and knowledge exchange.

Along this journey, she has shared her work as a professor at Vancouver Island University, Royal Roads University, and the University of British Columbia. She has also facilitated master classes, delivered keynote talks, and spoken in diverse academic and community settings, contributing a distinctive voice that bridges Indigenous knowledge systems, intercultural leadership, and contemporary scholarship.